I'll be doing gymkhana with Molly at fair and practice in my Pro Choice SMB Elites. Her colors are going to be pink and green, and since my SMBs are blue, my friend thinks we should use polo wraps at fair. I bought them already but am having second thoughts as to if they offer enough protection for gymkhana. I know how to wrap them right so that's not the problem. Thoughts?

SMBs will offer a lot more support than polos. Polos are more for protecting a horse against a pretty minor brush with say its back legs, or over a fence, however SMBs will not only protect them from much more major brushes, but will also support their tendons.

Polo wraps are more for bump/knock protection. Polo players will often use polo wraps in conjunction with a tendon support to protect legs from getting bashed by mallets and balls, etc.

The Pro Choice SMB's are specifically designed for supporting the tendons during high-impact excercise - like most western disciplines as well as eventing, showjumping, flat-racing...etc etc :) Definitely stick with those. I know the boots also come in lime green and hot pink (because I've had to order some for a client of mine :) ), so maybe if your polo wraps aren't used, try exchanging them? Just a thought.

I reckon that SMB's would be the best bet. They support all the tendons and bones whereas polos don't they pretty much just protect the skin and they don't offer ligament protection like the SMB's do. And also, if your going galloping top speed around barrels and your horse does random flying changes like mine does, SMB's will protect the legs from the knocking them too hard if they stuff it up a bit lol

I think you should still just wear the SMBs since you will be running. I don't know what offers the best protecting and such but I know that if you are doing gaming events that polo wraps could be potentially dangerous because of the possibility of them unwrapping...

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